I think you've got it wrong, Phil. The purpose of these fancy new formats is to get different segments of the market to pay different prices. So first you put out a hi-rez version (a la Dylan's SACDs) or one with extra features (the Heads Dual-disks), so the hard-core fans and audiophiles will pay a premium price. Then you bring out the same recording as a standard CD at a lower price that will appeal to the mass market. You're not giving up any part of the market that way. You're just getting the people who might willing pay more to actually do so.
Talking Heads Remastered
Anyone out there splurg on the newly remastered Talking Heads Catalog "Brick"? Released on dualdisc with remastered stereo mixes on CD layer and extra tracks from the recording sessions and video and 5.1 mixes on the DVD layer. Every Talking Heads studio album is in the collection.
These albums were in desperate need of remastering as they came out in the late seventies and 80s. The original CD attempts sound pretty bad.
I've only been istening for a week and don't do 5.1, but the new mixes really add alot. They are tastfully done (Jerry Harrison had a lot to do with it) and sound great. I encourage any Talking heads fan to update their collection with this set.
Anyone else hear these things?
-Karl
These albums were in desperate need of remastering as they came out in the late seventies and 80s. The original CD attempts sound pretty bad.
I've only been istening for a week and don't do 5.1, but the new mixes really add alot. They are tastfully done (Jerry Harrison had a lot to do with it) and sound great. I encourage any Talking heads fan to update their collection with this set.
Anyone else hear these things?
-Karl
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